The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-13
FINANCE and COMMERCE.
HONEY 8 PER CENT, NEW YORK
EXCHANGE l.8 PREMIUM.
Cotton Quiet Middling Cotton, Ole
Sales Today, 20
Bales.
APPEAL OFFICE,


The money market shows little or
NO change. Rates are finn at s per
cent. The Sock Csll Board remains
closed for the present. The local cot.
ton market closed quiet and I'M.
changed.
A second bale from Mississippi ar.
rived yesterday from Aberdeen, and
shipped by Gsttmsn & Co., OF that
place, to Hill, Fontsins & %. 1t was
sold In front Of the Cotton Exchange
at noon by I. J. Mccarthy & Co.,
auctioneers, at 15c per pound, 10 g.
Falls & 90. The bale was raised by
Thomas Reedy, and was sold at Aber.
deem, by W. O. Mcmillan to Gattmsn
x Co., at LIE.
At New Orleans epots closed steady
and of Lice. Futures were quiet and
steady; August q point, September
of 4 points and the new crop months
of 8 to 4 points. The Liverpool mar.
ket was quiet and unchanged. both as
TO epots aod futures. New York cossd
easy aud unchanged, with futures off
point on August, 8 points on Septem.
Der aud the new crop months 2 to 4
points off.
A leading New York cotton circular,
OF dsts the 18th, says Of the future
market: SCOT on contracts have been
handled lightly, and there was not
much in the market except a little
local manipulation. At the outset
prices dropped of, but as the decline
drew out some demand to cover on
August reaction follo we'd. all months
participating In ii. As coon as buyers
were done, however, cost settled back
even lower than before, with tie close
at about the lowest, or 3@4 points
under last evening""
A leading Liverpool grain circular
OF the l3ih says: Taere Is no improve
ment In trade; fac weather 10 allow.
ing harvesting to progress rapidly.
There is new wheat already In some Of
the earliest markets. The quality In
many cases is not 90 good as antici.
pated. The quantity, however. lie not
eufh cient u iorm criterion as to the
whole crop. Vsiues are generally
weaker for both f,reign and Eog,ish.
The attendalcs at t1dsy's market was
an average one. Wheat was in good
demand. There were large tupplies
and pricts declined al. A retail bust.
ness was done In hour at unchanged
prices. Corn was not 80 buoyant, bat
there were TAR Sales at III TO Id ad.
vance over Tnesdsy's rates.
The New York Commercial Bulletin
OF the llth stsas that the general
grocery market is q steady one. Toe
ioobing demand for tea is Increasing,
buyers having awakened to the fact
that values are los, and orders for
new FoImtsa and "Japs" are coming
In quite freely. SEeets. ss Q rule,
have not TAKEN q positive upward
turn, but are strengthening 10 value.
Spices are steady snd coffee is q little
uncertain, and the market does not
appear 10 move right. The govern.
ment Gales 4 Java coffee at Am, ter.
dam on Tuesday went 1t 6295]lc for
good ordinary, anu tC9ic below yalua-
ton.
IMP JRTs.
Forty brls applvs, so pks butter, $500
rolls bags ne, W pigs bscon, 3l6 pkgs
boots aud shoes, 100 bu corr, 30 Elk.
coffee, 400 sk, Gu ton seed, f25 brls
cement, So pkss sggs, 1850 brls flour,
40 bales hay, 20 pkRs bnts, 20 head
head horses and IN 1lee, 100 pkgs lard.
ITO feet lumber, 40 pkgs nquors, 7
cars lime, 40 brls time, ITO brls meal.
10 brls molaae', 80 K, g nails, 5000
bu oatf, 10 brls onions, Is brls pota.
toee, Z cars pofk sidss, 10 b'ls sugar,
100 pkgs iob.cci and 200 bu wheat.